Seminar Internet Marketing

“ENTREPRENEURS AND INTERNET MARKETING”

with MANFRED EKBLAD

Manfred Ekblad is an Internet Marketing Expert from Sweden.  With his 10 years experience, He will share you the Secret to be successful entrepreneurs with internet marketing.

On Sunday, 18 December 2011
At 13.00 – 17.00 WIB
At BCBC APL Tower 10th floor Central Park Jakarta Barat

ONLY IDR 495,000,-
~You can bring 1 friend along with you for free
~Free TShirt Hakuna Matata
~Coffee Break
~Certificate
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ABOUT MANFRED EKBLAD
// 10 years Internet Marketing Expert from Sweden
// Experiences in various projects of Internet Marketing with many worldwide clients.
// Founder and CEO of Biztech Indonesia
// Co Founder and Technical Director of NPP, GPScraper and Citationhub, USA

Designers will find a range of information and inspiration on the one topic they always want more of: creativity.

Check out more what this book says about the concepts for your design.

One of the most exciting episodes, though, could have been shot at Amazon the day Apple announced the iPad.

Amazon makes the popular Kindle e-book reader. For a while, it was pretty much the only game in e-book town. But the iPad has a touch screen, color, prettier software, audio and video playback, 100,000 apps — and at the time, it didn’t cost much more than the Kindle. For the Kindle, with its six-inch monochrome nontouch screen, the iPad was your basic (full-color) nightmare.

This week, Amazon unveiled what everyone (except Amazon) is calling the Kindle 3. You might call it Amazon’s iPad response. The Kindle 3 is ingeniously designed to be everything the iPad will never be: small, light and inexpensive.

The smallness comes in the form of a 21 percent reduction in the dimensions from the previous Kindle. The new one measures 7.5 by 4.8 by 0.3 inches, yet the screen has the same six-inch diagonal measurements as always. Amazon’s designers did what they should have done a long time ago: they shaved away a lot of that empty beige (or now dark gray) plastic margin.

Now, the Kindle is almost ridiculously lightweight; at 8.5 ounces, it’s a third the weight of the iPad. That’s a big deal for a machine that you want to hold in your hands for hours.

Then there is the $140 price. That’s for the model with Wi-Fi — a feature new to the Kindle that plays catch-up to the Barnes & Noble Nook. A Kindle model that can also get online using the cellular network, as earlier models do, costs $50 more. But the main thing you do with the wireless feature is download new books, so Wi-Fi is probably plenty for most people. (-New York Times).

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Thank you!

In this mother’s day, it is the best time for us to give our gratitude to our mom even actually doesn’t have to be in Dec 22, but should be everyday, but since it is a national day for Mom’s day, so tell your mom that you do love her, and try your best  to be a good son/ daughter.

My brother and his friend sang very beautiful song from Il Divo in Acoustic Version in our church last Sabbath. Very emotional lyric and touchy, so we can feel the real love of our moms…So, have you told your mom on Mother’s day that you love her ?

THRILL AFRICA, THRILL FOOT ! KENAKO SOUTH AFRICA !

World Cup Kenako Africa Lady Skyscraper

BRASIL – World Cup 2010

Fifa world cup on IMAX

ESPN: 2010 FIFA World Cup Murals

World Cup Beer Ad

FIFA World Cup 2010

Nike Italy Zambrotta

World Cup Cars 2010

Human Rights Film Festival: Ball

Virgin Atlantic World Cup Sponsorship

Adidas: World Cup Bridge

FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: Mongoose

World Cup Bus Stop

Adam Santarossa is being paid thousands of dollars to watch the World Cup inside a giant football in Melbourne, Australia.

The 23-year-old says his friends are jealous after he was selected by Adidas to spend the month-long tournament watching football, tweeting and writing blogs inside the 20 foot (six meter) diameter Jabulani ball. “Other people have work commitments and family commitments. My only problem is getting my blog done on time,” he told AFP. “It’s an easy life I’m living. I’m sure people will be quite jealous.”

Santarossa has a well-stocked fridge, bunk bed, PlayStation 3, and laptop, and will get $2,600 for his trouble, along with the contents of the ball and three bags full of sports gear. “I had a bit of trouble at the start — it’s a bit difficult having people peer in through the windows 24-seven,” he said. “But it’s a pretty easy life. I’m going to be seeing if they can extend my lease.”

If you were offered the same deal, would you have taken it?

There are hundreds of articles out there that talk about how to be more productive. Most offer the same kinds of advice: cut distractions, stop procrastinating, and stick to a regular schedule. But those things alone won’t make your more productive (and they’re all harder than they sound). The tips below, however, will make you more productive.

1. Cut Your Hours

A lot of times, when people feel like they need to get more done, they extend the number of hours they work. And while this seems logical, it often works against you. If you really want to increase your productivity and the amount of work you get done in a day, decrease the number of hours you work. If you commonly work an eight hour day, cut it to four or five hours. If you normally work ten or twelve hours, try working for only six or eight instead. Give yourself a set start and end time and stick to it.

If you know you have a deadline looming, you’ll be more efficient. You’ll stop surfing news sites or checking the stock market (or Facebook and Twitter). You might opt to work right through lunch rather than going out to eat. But that’s okay, since you’ll have an extra three to five hours at the end of the day in which to relax.

Cutting your hours takes some discipline at first. The first couple of days, you might not get everything done. Resist the urge to keep working. If you do get everything done, you might get the urge to just keep working, since you’ve got time left in the day. Resist that urge, too. Once you’re at the point where you’re consistently working shorter, more productive days, then you can occasionally stay a bit longer to finish things up. Until that point, stick to your reduced-hour schedule.

2. Turn Off Your Computer

Computers are the primary tool of designers and developers. Without our computers, we couldn’t finish (or sometimes even start) our work. So it seems counter-intuitive to turn off your computer to get more done.

When you’re in the early stages of a project, you often spend a lot of time gathering materials and finding inspiration. But there are so many possible sources of inspiration online that it can work against you. Instead, turn off your computer and pick up a pen and paper. Brainstorm about possibilities. Create mind-maps.

Beyond that, go outside and look for some inspiration. Or pick up a book or magazine (better yet: go to your local library or bookstore and peruse the stacks there). Find things to inspire and motivate you offline. In many cases, you can come up with a more directed vision for the project if you get rid of distractions.

3. Let Your Designs Sit for Awhile

This is advice often given to writers. When you finish a first draft of something, put it aside before you go on to editing and revising. The same applies to design. Once you have your design figured out, set it aside for a bit before you start coding.

This serves a two-fold purpose. First of all, when you’ve just finished a design, of course you think it’s wonderful. You might think it’s the best design you’ve ever done. You might even think it’s the best design anyone’s ever done. You might be right, but chances are, it could be better.

By putting it aside for a few days or a week, you can come back to it with more objective eyes. You may see places where you want to tweak the design. While this does lengthen your design process a bit, it also can result in much better finished products.

The other reason you want to step back is that it can often give you insight into any issues you might have had with the design. Maybe you weren’t crazy about how one client problem or another was solved. If you step back, you can often come up with better solutions than those that originally presented themselves.

4. Work When You’re Most Productive

There are certain times during the day when some people are more productive than others. For many people, first thing in the morning is their most productive time of day. For others, it might be after lunch, or in the evening, or even at three in the morning.

Try working at different times of the day and see when you’re most productive. Just because standard business hours are 9 to 5 doesn’t mean that’s when you have to work. Even if you’re not a freelancer, you may be able to adjust your workday to better accommodate your naturally productive times (just talk to your boss about it, making sure to cite that you get way more done at a certain time of day).

5. Always Be Ready for Inspiration

One of the biggest hindrances to productivity is not having the right ideas at the right time. We know there’s a solution to whatever problem is ailing us, but we just can’t seem to find it. Then it hits us when we’re out at the post office, or sitting down to dinner at a restaurant, or otherwise unable to actually do anything with that sudden breakthrough.

This is why it’s vital that you always have something available to record these bits of inspiration and out-of-the-blue ideas. Most designers probably have a smart phone, so make sure you download an app or two that will let you either make voice recordings or sketch ideas or take notes. Alternatively, carry a small notebook and pen with you wherever you go. Something like the squared Moleskine pocket-size notebooks are perfect (the pages are graph paper, so they’re perfect for everything from writing to mind-mapping to wireframing).

6. Standardize Your Process

Having a standardized process for your website projects can make a huge difference in your productivity. Figure out the steps you normally take when designing a site (everything from fact-finding to wireframing to coding and everything in between) and write them down. Then, whenever you have a new project, pull out your list of normal steps and make a schedule based on them.

If you have to, just keep track of everything you do for one or two projects. There are almost always things that come up unexpectedly, but for the most part, many web design projects resemble each other quite closely, at least as far as the process goes.

Another hint here is to batch process items. While designs aren’t necessarily conducive to batch processing, other aspects of your business might be. Dealing with email is one of the most obvious. Instead of dealing with email as it comes in, check your email only a couple times a day and deal with it all at once. Same goes for preparing proposals, invoices, or other paperwork-related tasks. Often, these things can be done during your non-peak productive hours, as they often don’t require as much creativity and thought as actual design tasks.

7. Use Music as a Tool

Music can be a great motivator if you use it properly. Fitting the music you’re listening to to your project is a great way to stay on focus and really capture the mood of the project. You can also listen to music that increases your energy levels and gets you pumped up.

Fast-paced music can often make you work faster without even realizing it. Your body’s natural rhythm will adjust itself to your surroundings. Surround yourself with upbeat, high-energy sounds, and you’ll be more upbeat and high-energy, and therefore more productive. Remember that the opposite is also true. If you’re listening to something that’s slow or melancholy, you’re likely to see your productivity levels drop. Save music like that for after work.

8. Choose Better Projects

Many designers don’t have to take every job that comes their way. This allows you to pick and choose which projects you want to work on. Rather than focusing solely on the most profitable projects, make sure you’re choosing some that you really want to work on. If you’re enjoying the site you’re working on, you’re more likely to get it done faster. You won’t dread starting work in the morning, and you won’t drag your feet as the project progresses.

Some people feel like if you hate a project, you’ll be more motivated to get it over with, but that’s rarely the case in practice. Enthusiasm breeds a lot more productivity than dread does. If you love what you’re doing, you’ll put that much more energy into it.

If you hate what you’re working on, you’ll find all sorts of ways to procrastinate. And procrastination is the enemy of productivity. So if you find yourself putting off projects, try to figure out if there’s a way you can hand them off to someone else, so you can get back to the projects you’re enjoying. Even if that means outsourcing part of a project.

9. Get Help if You Need It

Sometimes you’re going to get stuck on projects. This might be because you just don’t have the necessary skills, or because you’ve lost motivation and developed a mental block. In either case, you need to know when it’s time to call in outside help.

Outside help doesn’t necessarily mean you need to outsource to some faceless company. You probably have friends who are designers or developers who might want to pick up the extra work. Give some of them a call and see if they’d be willing to be a sub-contractor for that particular project. Even if it’s a friend, make sure you get everything in writing, including how and when they’ll be paid.

Consider doing this on a regular basis, too. Maybe you hate scripting, or converting your designs to HTML, or whatever. Find someone who enjoys that work (and is good at it) and make arrangements to outsource that work to them on a regular basis. It’ll result in better designs, and you’ll be less likely to procrastinate or get burned out.

10. Make an Effort to Keep Your Stress Levels Low

Stress is one of the biggest hindrances to productivity and creativity out there. When you’re stressed, whether it’s because of work or life, you’ll have a harder time finishing projects in a productive and efficient manner. Plus, high stress levels are very unhealthy and can lead to getting sick more often. And if you’re out of work sick, you’re certainly not being productive.

There are some simple things you can do that will lower your stress levels, even if you don’t remove the things that are stressing you out. Eating healthy and exercising are the two biggest ones. Skip the double-quarter-pounder with cheese and bring a bag lunch instead. Take a walk on your lunch break or when you get up in the morning, even if it’s just for fifteen minutes. Doing these things will help reduce your stress levels regardless of the things causing you stress.

Another great stress-reliever is a good hobby. Find something you enjoy doing and that relaxes you, and make time for it in your schedule. This could be anything from playing chess to reading a good book to paragliding. It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as it’s something you enjoy and something that makes you feel better.  By Cameron Chapman

Conclusion

Getting more done doesn’t have to lead to longer hours. All you need to do is maximize your productivity and efficiency in the time you want to spend working. The tips above can help you do just that. If you have other tips you’d like to share, please do so in the comments!

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Don’t you think you get inspired by ‘em?

However, sometimes packaging designers use typography as the central element on packages, and the the result can be quite astonishing, like in these 25 examples.

Check out some of the great examples here.

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3. Put the hours in.

Doing anything worthwhile takes forever. 90% of what separates successful people and failed people is time, effort, and stamina

4. You are responsible for your own experience.

Nobody can tell you if what you’re doing is good, meaningful or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is.

5. Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten.

Then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace them with books on algebra etc. Being suddenly hit years later with the creative bug is just a wee voice telling you, “I�d like my crayons back, please.”

6. Keep your day job.

I�m not just saying that for the usual reason i.e. because I think your idea will fail. I�m saying it because to suddenly quit one�s job in a big ol’ creative drama-queen moment is always, always, always in direct conflict with what I call �The Sex & Cash Theory�.

7. If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.

The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it’s going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it’s worth it. Even if you don’t end up pulling it off, you’ll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It’s NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.

8. Never compare your inside with somebody else’s outside.

The more you practice your craft, the less you confuse worldly rewards with spiritual rewards, and vice versa. Even if your path never makes any money or furthers your career, that’s still worth a TON.

9. Merit can be bought. Passion can’t. The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does.

10. Sing in your own voice.

Piccasso was a terrible colorist. Turner couldn’t paint human beings worth a damn. Saul Steinberg’s formal drafting skills were appalling. TS Eliot had a full-time day job. Henry Miller was a wildly uneven writer. Bob Dylan can’t sing or play guitar.

11. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself.

Everybody is too busy with their own lives to give a damn about your book, painting, screenplay etc, especially if you haven’t sold it yet. And the ones that aren’t, you don’t want in your life anyway.

12. Don�t worry about finding inspiration. It comes eventually.

Inspiration precedes the desire to create, not the other way around.

13. You have to find your own schtick.

A Picasso always looks like Piccasso painted it. Hemingway always sounds like Hemingway. A Beethoven Symphony always sounds like a Beethoven’s Syynphony. Part of being a master is learning how to sing in nobody else’s voice but your own.

14. Write from the heart.

There is no silver bullet. There is only the love God gave you.

We all spend a lot of time being impressed by folk we’ve never met. Somebody featured in the media who’s got a big company, a big product, a big movie, a big bestseller. Whatever.

And we spend even more time trying unsuccessfully to keep up with them. Trying to start up our own companies, our own products, our own film projects, books and whatnot.

I’m as guilty as anyone. I tried lots of different things over the years, trying desperately to pry my career out of the jaws of mediocrity. Some to do with business, some to do with art etc.

One evening, after one false start too many, I just gave up. Sitting at a bar, feeling a bit burned out by work and life in general, I just started drawing on the back of business cards for no reason. I didn’t really need a reason. I just did it because it was there, because it amused me in a kind of random, arbitrary way.

Of course it was stupid. Of course it was uncommercial. Of course it wasn’t going to go anywhere. Of course it was a complete and utter waste of time. But in retrospect, it was this built-in futility that gave it its edge. Because it was the exact opposite of all the “Big Plans” my peers and I were used to making. It was so liberating not to have to be thinking about all that, for a change.

It was so liberating to be doing something that didn’t have to impress anybody, for a change.

It was so liberating to have something that belonged just to me and no one else, for a change.

It was so liberating to feel complete sovereignty, for a change. To feel complete freedom, for a change. And of course, it was then, and only then, that the outside world started paying attention.

The sovereignty you have over your work will inspire far more people than the actual content ever will. How your own sovereignty inspires other people to find their own sovereignty, their own sense of freedom and possibility, will change the world far more than the the work’s objective merits ever will.

Your idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be yours alone.

The more the idea is yours alone, the more freedom you have to do something really amazing. The more amazing, the more people will click with your idea.

The more people click with your idea, the more it will change the world.

That’s what doodling on business cards taught me.

1. Ignore everybody.The more original your idea is, the less good advice other people will be able to give you. When I first started with the biz card format, people thought I was nuts. Why wasn’t I trying to do something more easy for markets to digest i.e. cutey-pie greeting cards or whatever?

You don’t know if your idea is any good the moment it’s created. Neither does anyone else. The most you can hope for is a strong gut feeling that it is. And trusting your feelings is not as easy as the optimists say it is. There’s a reason why feelings scare us.

And asking close friends never works quite as well as you hope, either. It’s not that they deliberately want to be unhelpful. It’s just they don’t know your world one millionth as well as you know your world, no matter how hard they try, no matter how hard you try to explain.

Plus a big idea will change you. Your friends may love you, but they don’t want you to change. If you change, then their dynamic with you also changes. They like things the way they are, that’s how they love you- the way you are, not the way you may become.

Ergo, they have no incentive to see you change. And they will be resistant to anything that catalyzes it. That’s human nature. And you would do the same, if the shoe was on the other foot.

With business colleagues it’s even worse. They’re used to dealing with you in a certain way. They’re used to having a certain level of control over the relationship. And they want whatever makes them more prosperous. Sure, they might prefer it if you prosper as well, but that’s not their top priority.

If your idea is so good that it changes your dynamic enough to where you need them less, or God forbid, THE MARKET needs them less, then they’re going to resist your idea every chance they can.

Again, that’s human nature.

GOOD IDEAS ALTER THE POWER BALANCE IN RELATIONSHIPS, THAT IS WHY GOOD IDEAS ARE ALWAYS INITIALLY RESISTED.

Good ideas come with a heavy burden. Which is why so few people have them. So few people can handle it.

This has been inspiration for me to start a business, since I have spent for many years of working for people, now I think it’s time to start my own business. I hope this also inspires you when you may have plan to start your own business.